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Conditions
Brief summary
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a chronic lifelong illness that requires a complex treatment regime. T1D is a condition that is often difficult for parents to manage and can cause significant stress in parents who have trouble dealing with their child’s condition. Parental stress is compounded as the child transitions to adolescence. An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention has been developed that may have the potential in reducing parental stress in parents of adolescents with T1D. The content of the workshop sessions will focus on the six core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): cognitive defusion, acceptance, self as context (self-compassion), contact with the present moment, values, and committed action. The aim of this study is to assess feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in managing the parental stress in parents of adolescents with T1D..
Interventions
An online telehealth delivered acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention has been developed for parents of adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). The online intervention has been developed by exploring previous acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) Protocols, and has been adapted to meet the needs for this client population. Expert reviewers provided feedback on the suitability and acceptability of the intervention.
Parents with adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years, who have h
An online telehealth delivered acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention has been developed for parents of adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). The online intervention has been developed by exploring previous acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) Protocols, and has been adapted to meet the needs for this client population. Expert reviewers provided feedback on the suitability and acceptability of the intervention. Parents with adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years, who have had a diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) for at least 1 year will be recruited. The project involves parents participating in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) online workshop sessions through an online platform at Curtin University for 1½ hours per week over a period of 6 weeks. The intervention will be an interactive group intervention which will consist of 10-14 participants. The content of the sessions will focus on the six core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): cognitive defusion, acceptance, self as context (self-compassion), contact with the present moment, values, and committed action. The workshop sessions will provide parents with skills and strategies to help manage the stress they experience in parenting their adolescent with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). These skills and strategies include experiencial practices that encourage mindfulness and acceptance. Parents will be provided with and encouraged to complete a 10 minute mindfulness practice at least three times a week as homework. At the beginning of each session fom the beginning of week two, discussion will take place as to parents' experiences of practicing the mindfulness practice. Parents will be asked to attend all workshop sessions and complete some assessments before, after and three months following the intervention, which will take approximately 30 minutes at each time point. The main researcher (Clinical Psychologist) will deliver the intervention with the support of a fellow researcher with experience in working with parents of children/adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes.
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
To be included in the study potential participants must meet the following inclusion criteria: 1) must be parenting an adolescent with a diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) of more than one year, between the ages of 12 - 17 years, 2) parents must agree to assessment requirements, 3) parents must have reliable internet access, 4) parents must have sufficient English (e.g. Year 6 English level) to participate in the intervention and complete assessments. Parents will also need to provide informed consent to participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Parents who have an adolescent who has recently been diagnosed (e.g. within 12 months) will be excluded from this study. Parents who do not speak sufficient English will also be excluded from the study.
Outcome results
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